Young representatives of ethnic communities: Sociocultural strategies and practices

Abstract

© 2015, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research. All rights reserved. The article deals with the analysis of the sociocultural identity, linguistic and cultural attitudes, and intragroup solidarity of the young representatives of the Uzbek, Tajik and Azerbaijan people in the Republic of Tatarstan. Religion is considered as an ethnointegrating characteristic, determining and influencing the sociocultural strategies and practices of the diaspora youth. The results presented in the article are based upon the materials obtained by the authors during the period from April to June 2013 on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.